Prognosis and survival of patients diagnosed with well-differentiated and dedifferentiated retroperitoneal liposarcoma

Abstract

ObjectivesThe main objective is to establish the overall survival and disease-free survival profiles regarding the patients with retroperitoneal liposarcoma, making a comparison based on the well-differentiated and dedifferentiated histological subtypes. The secondary objectives are to descriptively analyze the clinical characteristics of said patients and to identify and analyze other independent variables that might modify these survival profiles significantly. MethodsAn observational and analytical study was performed using a retrospective historical cohort that was followed prospectively. The inclusion criteria consisted of: the procedure of liposarcoma located in the retroperitoneum, the well-differentiated and dedifferentiated histological subtypes, between January of 2002 and May of 2019. As a result, 32 patients took part in this study’s sample. Kaplan–Meier estimator was used to summarise the results and log-rank test was used in the comparative analysis. ResultsThe overall survival at 5 years was around 59%. No differences were found between the patients with a well-differentiated subtype compared to the dedifferentiated ones (p = 0.834). The disease-free survival at 2 years was 59% regarding the well-differentiated and 26% regarding the dedifferentiated, with these differences being statistically significant (p = 0.005). None of the other studied variables modified these survival profiles significantly. ConclusionsDedifferentiated retroperitoneal liposarcomas show less disease-free survival than well-differentiated liposarcomas. However, regarding overall survival no differences can be claimed.